UFO: Extraterrestrials - Progress Update

November 6th, 2006, 04:25

It's a bit quiet news-wise so this is a good time to catch up with UFO: Extraterrestrials, the XCom "remake" we have previously followed a little. With a current release date of Autumn 2006, the site has news they have identified 206 bugs and have worked through 147 of them, although more are expected. Thanks, dte!More information.

There's been a plethora of UFO remakes over the last few years, but they've either never reached completion or have not been quite satisfying for whatever reason. I hopes for this one - fingers crossed!

Yeah, this game looks great. UFO:Aftershock was pretty good. Its hands down the best RT w/P combat I've seen (but still crap compared to good TB), and the training system was pretty good. I was hooked until the aliens invaded, then it kind of got too repetetive. But all the early UFO's were retetive. But when its a TB system with long battles, your never going to do battle after battle after battle after battle like in the new UFO's. I probably did more combat missions in a couple days playing aftermath/aftershock than I did in a couple weeks playing Terror from the Deep.

Repetitive

November 6th, 2006, 16:36

Originally Posted by roqua
… (but still crap compared to good TB), and the training system was pretty good. I was hooked until the aliens invaded, then it kind of got too repetetive. But all the early UFO's were retetive. But when its a TB system with long battles, your never going to do battle after battle after battle after battle like in the new UFO's.

I loved XCom but it got repetitive too after the umpteenth time some UFO landed. Eventually I always would get to the point where I would try to shoot them down over water so I wouldn't have to do another "cleanup" mission.

Since Ufo Defense & Terror from the deep were released I've always had a game going. Being very familiar with the history of the IP, thus why another was never made, hasn't alleviated my desire for a true spiritual successor.

I've been following the Development of Extraterrestrials a few years and I'm glad Aspyr and Michal Dolezal of Chaos Concepts pushed the release date. It's nice to see someone strive for a polished release for a change.

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